VillageRoad3 opens the way for rural Internet access in Estonia
The VillageRoad, an Estonian project is aiming to extend access to broadband Internet connections in remote rural areas of Estonia. The project is part of Estonia
Dharamshala Wi-Fi has an Israeli network
Dharamshala, the home of Dalai Lama in India is fully covered with wireless connection. Here, the head priest teaches his followers through computers.
Strix builds citywide municipal wireless network in Greece
Galatsi is the first city to deploy the first wireless mesh network in Greece. Calabasas based Strix Systems announced that the municipality of Galatsi is using Strix’s Access/One Outdoor Wireless System (OWS) to provide free broadband services to residents and businesses, free Internet access to students, and free Internet access and VoIP service for municipal employees.
Nationwide wireless network for Singapore
Singapore government aims for a nationwide Wi-Fi initiative. The Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) and the Finance Ministry are taking initiative steps for making government services more accessible by using Internet.
Projects launched to make Taiwan model society for ICT applications
The projects ‘M-Taiwan’ and ‘U-Taiwan’ are aimed at universalising Internet services using ICT in Taiwan.
Aircel launches WiMAX service in India
Aircel Business Solutions announced that, company is going to provide wireless Internet services in Bangalore (India) through Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) technology. The company has already enabled WiMAX connectivity at the Palace grounds, the venue of Bangalore IT exhibition.
The Hindu Media Resource Centre (thmrc)
[This article was published in the November 2006 issue of the eGov Magazine (http://www.egovonline.net) ]
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Libyan government to distribute laptops to school children
Libyan government has made a deal worth $250 million deal with an American nonprofit group to provide inexpensive laptop computers to its population of 1.2 million school going children, as a part of the programme one
Cambria to conduct feasibility study to make country wireless hub
Cambria will compile a feasibility study on a project to make the county a wireless hub.
Chandigarh administration in India to go wireless
In India, the administration of Chandigarh has geared up to make the entire city wireless within next one year.
